Suturing the City: Living Together in Congo’s Urban WorldsFilip De Boeck & Sammy Baloji

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Product Code: bk16013

ISBN: 978-1-899282-19-7

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This
book offers an ethnographic and photographic investigation into the
complex meanings of living - and living together - in Congo's urban
worlds today. The
authors, anthropologist Filip De Boeck and photographer Sammy Baloji,
take the reader on a tour of specific urban sites in Kinshasa and
beyond. They
examine how, amid the chaos of a decaying colonial legacy and the
unfulfilled promises of neo-liberal futures, certain
sites emerge as suturing points where the possibilities of collective
urban action and dreams of a shared future continue to be explored.

Filip De Boeck is
professor of Anthropology at the Institute for Anthropological
Research in Africa (IARA), a research unit of the Catholic University
of Leuven, Belgium. Sammy
Baloji is
a visual artist based in Brussels and Lubumbashi. His work has been
exhibited internationally and has been published in numerous
catalogues and books.

This book was produced in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, curated by Gaëtane Verna and Mark Sealy organised by The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery in partnership with Autograph ABP.